I’ve been following the news about the Howe Sound mill closure in B.C. and it’s honestly grim. Domtar is shutting it down, and 15 different industry groups just sent a letter to Premier Eby saying the whole sector is at a 'breaking point.' As a tech out here in Quebec, I know how this goes—when one big mill falls, the sawmills that supply it start to collapse too. It’s like a domino effect.

The government is pointing at U.S. tariffs and low prices, which are bad, sure. But the guys on the ground are right to call out the 'homegrown' issues. The red tape, slow permits, and high costs are killing us. They’re asking for a crisis team and a real harvest target of 45 million cubic meters.

We need to stop talking and start cutting if we want these towns to survive. If people start leaving Gibsons because of uncertainty, they aren't coming back. You can't run a province on regulations alone; you need logs moving and machines running. Hope they listen before it's too late.